| Collation |
1 online resource (viii, 283 p.) |
| Series |
eBooks on EBSCOhost
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-276) and index. |
| Contents |
The power of definitions: a genealogy of the idea of 'the mystical' -- Disciplining religion -- Sacred texts, hermeneutics and world religions -- Orientalism and Indian religions -- The modern myth of 'Hinduism' -- 'Mystic Hinduism': Vedanta and the politics of representation -- Orientalism and the discovery of 'Buddhism' -- The politics of privatization: Indian religion and the study of mysticism -- Beyond orientalism? Religion and comparativism in a postcolonial era. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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Access restricted to authorized Chapman University students, faculty, and staff. |
| Subject |
Religions -- Study and teaching.
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Philosophy, Indic -- Study and teaching.
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Religions -- Étude et enseignement. |
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Philosophie de l'Inde -- Étude et enseignement. |
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RELIGION -- Education. bisacsh |
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India -- Religion -- Study and teaching.
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Inde -- Religion -- Étude et enseignement. |
| ISBN |
0203158547 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203158548 (electronic bk.) |
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0203006089 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader) |
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9780203006085 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader) |
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0415202574 (hardcover) |
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9780415202572 (hardcover) |
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0415202582 (pbk.) |
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9780415202589 (pbk.) |
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